MISUNDERSTANDING CULTS (BOOK)

'''Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field''' was edited by Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins. The book was published by University of Toronto Press, on December 1, 2001 and includes contributions from ten religious, sociological and psychological scholars.
The book is unique in that it includes contributions from scholars who have been labeled as "anti-cult", as well as those who have been labeled as "cult apologists." The book features a section which discusses the need for scholarly objectivity when researching cults, as well as emphasizing the danger of partisanship while researching these controversial groups. Other topics discussed include brainwashing, cult violence, the conflict that exists between new religious movements and their critics, as well as the ramifications of raising children in controversial religious movements.

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Contributors

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Contributors

The book includes contributions from researchers with varied viewpoints on the subject of cults.

★ Dick Anthony

★ Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

★ David Bromley

★ Lorne L. Dawson

★ Stephen Kent

★ Janja Lalich

★ Susan J. Palmer

★ Thomas Robbins

★ Julius H. Rubin

★ Benjamin Zablocki

See also

★ List of cult and new religious movement researchers

★ Recovery from Cults (book)

External links

;Reviews

★ Review, Arthur A. Dole, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.

★ Review, Massimo Introvigne, CESNUR

★ Review, ''Sociology of Religion'', Winter, 2003, James T. Richardson

★ Review, ''Canadian Journal of Sociology Online'', July - August 2002, William Sims Bainbridge